Eilif Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 I haven't moc'd anything in nearly 2 years, but when my club Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club (NILTC) organized a cooperative city build I knew just which building I wanted to build. Located in my neighborhood of North Lawndale, It's one of the few remaining buildings in the now defunct Sears headquarters and distribution center. You can read about the history here if you like: http://en.wikipedia....Company_Complex My apologies for the just-ok pictures. Our camera appears to be gone so I borrowed a relatives smart phone. Technique-wise the MOC isn't anything groundbreaking, but I'm pleased with the result. It stands just over 3 feet tall, separates into 3 sections and used most of my brown brick and all of my 1x2 trans-clear bricks. I made it 25 studs wide to accommodate the window dimensions. One small confession. Somehow I managed to miss a floor, so it's one floor short of the 14 story original. One more thing to go back and fix someday. 3/4 view. Side and rear profiles. Sorry for the flash. Street Level. I plan to go back a some point and add a bit more architectural bits. The actual building has some very fine lips and such that I can probably approximate with contrasting stripes of dark bley plate. Top story and roof detail I used every red 45degree red slope corner and white reverse slope I had. Quote
lightningtiger Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Nice work there recreating that tower 'Eilif', any interior ? Anyway excellent designing and Brick On 'Eilif' ! Quote
LEGO Guy Bri Posted January 24, 2014 Posted January 24, 2014 Wow that is big! Great job on the build, very close indeed Quote
Eilif Posted January 25, 2014 Author Posted January 25, 2014 Wow that is big! Great job on the build, very close indeed Thanks, it's such an icon here in Lawndale I wanted to do it justice. Nice work there recreating that tower 'Eilif', any interior ? Anyway excellent designing and Brick On 'Eilif' ! No interiors as yet. didn't seem worth it with all the windows being trans-clear bricks. I might do a little something on the ground floor which at least has a partial raised floor to put miniatures at grade in the doorway. Maybe a lobby with some elevator doors. I do eventually plan to put a line of christmas lights inside. It's hollow all the way from top to bottom. Quote
Modulex Guy Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 Ahem... Ah, It seems that someone may have driven a truck into your lobby there. Take a peek through the front doors. Quote
LegoPanda Posted January 25, 2014 Posted January 25, 2014 looks great, it really looks like the real one Quote
Eilif Posted January 26, 2014 Author Posted January 26, 2014 Ahem... Ah, It seems that someone may have driven a truck into your lobby there. Take a peek through the front doors. Yep, inside I've stored the people, flowers and the glass truck that I put around it when it is part of the collaborative display. The truck in the window is this one . Quote
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